Improving resident confidence with a low-cost interventional spine course.

ABSTRACT: Procedure training is highly desired by residents pursuing a career in interventional pain medicine; however, the opportunities for hands-on training may vary amongst residency programs for various reasons. To evaluate the change in residents' self-perceive competence after participation in a novel low-cost resident interventional spine course, as well as how resident experience (years of training) influences change over time. This article offers step-by-step details on how to implement a resident interventional spine course. Residents completed a pre- and post-course survey in the domains of self-perceived confidence, knowledge, and skills related to interventional spine procedures. Over five years, 19 individual residents participated in an annual elective interventional spine course (fo

SUBMITTER: Kohns DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11372999 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature